The Emerging Democratic MajorityONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR AND A WINNER OF THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY'S ANNUAL POLITICAL BOOK AWARD Political experts John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira convincingly use hard data -- demographic, geographic, economic, and political -- to forecast the dawn of a new progressive era. In the 1960s, Kevin Phillips, battling conventional wisdom, correctly foretold the dawn of a new conservative era. His book, The Emerging Republican Majority, became an indispensable guide for all those attempting to understand political change through the 1970s and 1980s. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, with the country in Republican hands, The Emerging Democratic Majority is the indispensable guide to this era. In five well-researched chapters and a new afterword covering the 2002 elections, Judis and Teixeira show how the most dynamic and fastest-growing areas of the country are cultivating a new wave of Democratic voters who embrace what the authors call "progressive centrism" and take umbrage at Republican demands to privatize social security, ban abortion, and cut back environmental regulations. As the GOP continues to be dominated by neoconservatives, the religious right, and corporate influence, this is an essential volume for all those discontented with their narrow agenda -- and a clarion call for a new political order. |
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... percent of the vote, pointed to rising disillusionment by farmers and industrial workers with the two major parties' support for laissez-faire economics. And in 1968, Wallace's third party arose because neither the Democratic nor the ...
... percent of the vote, pointed to rising disillusionment by farmers and industrial workers with the two major parties' support for laissez-faire economics. And in 1968, Wallace's third party arose because neither the Democratic nor the ...
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... percent of both the Senate and House seats in the South, and virtually all the state legislative positions.6 To make matters worse for the Republicans, Nixon became embroiled in the Watergate scandal, which led to his resignation and ...
... percent of both the Senate and House seats in the South, and virtually all the state legislative positions.6 To make matters worse for the Republicans, Nixon became embroiled in the Watergate scandal, which led to his resignation and ...
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... percent. Combined with an unemployment rate of 7.1 percent, it produced a "misery index" of nearly 20 percent. The stagflation fed resentments about race — about high taxes for welfare (which was assumed to go primarily to minorities) ...
... percent. Combined with an unemployment rate of 7.1 percent, it produced a "misery index" of nearly 20 percent. The stagflation fed resentments about race — about high taxes for welfare (which was assumed to go primarily to minorities) ...
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... percent of the vote. But in 1 980, all except for Lackawanna went for Reagan, including predominately rural Carbon County (52-41) and blue- collar Erie (47-45). Reagan would carry these counties by similar margins in 1984. Reagan also ...
... percent of the vote. But in 1 980, all except for Lackawanna went for Reagan, including predominately rural Carbon County (52-41) and blue- collar Erie (47-45). Reagan would carry these counties by similar margins in 1984. Reagan also ...
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... percent of white Southern voters in 1980 against a Southern candidate and 71 percent in 1984 against Mondale.13 Reagan Republicans incorporated the views of the Goldwater Republicans — they wanted to roll back communism, dramatically ...
... percent of white Southern voters in 1980 against a Southern candidate and 71 percent in 1984 against Mondale.13 Reagan Republicans incorporated the views of the Goldwater Republicans — they wanted to roll back communism, dramatically ...
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